Led Zeppelin - The Making of Physical Graffiti - Documentary - Episode 2 ⋆ Patriots Hemp

Compared to 300,000 last year even the lights in the usually bright Square had been dimmed although you could always get a cheer under the television LS the year of the tiger began with a celebration Le Zeppelin’s tour manager in Peter Grant’s right hand Richard Cole got married for the first time in the

70s on January 3rd Paige plan and Jones were in attendance Cole’s second wedding took place in 1978 next to bed company’s own Simon Kirk tying the knot at the same event sessions for Physical Graffiti were resumed at Headley range with Robert pl’s vocals still recovering from surgery and John Paul Jones’s

Thoughts of leaving the band far behind him if you haven’t watched episode one of the series I definitely recommend it for context so no recording took place at Headley range until February for a very good reason I did my research and found Ronny Lane’s Mobile unit was used

For Rick Wakeman’s Journey to the Center of the Earth concert on January 18th also in music news for January was the release of rap city in white by Barry White’s Love Unlimited Orchestra an R&B soul Masterpiece that became a must-play record in discotics around the world Roy Harper released his seventh studio album

Valentine on February 14th 1974 track 2 male chauvinist Pig Blues featured Jimmy Paige on electric guitar Ronnie Lane on bass and Keith Moon on drums all three musicians plus keyboard is Max Middleton a future Jeff Beck Fame Robert Plant and John Bonham were invited to Harper’s Valentine show at London’s Rainbow

Theater held on the same day February 14th bonso presented an award for fell musician Keith Moon judging by the bottle I can think of a category for that one now I find these photographs quite disturbing knowing their lives would end in very similar ways less than 7even years away two drumming Legends

Captured on stage in London yeah that’s Jimmy Page wearing the same coat from L Zeppelin’s March 1973 event at a gallery in Denmark that’s L Zeppelin phandom for you two songs from this show were recorded and included on Harper’s 1974 live album by the name of flashes from The Archives of Oblivion streaming

Platforms featur the 1989 CD reissue track listing that left out two songs songs from the original vinyl pressing too many movies and home I managed to get a copy of this now my conclusion is that Jimmy pige played on both songs John B picked up an acoustic guitar

Midway through one of these numbers but this guitar was not plugged in so we cannot listen to what he [Applause] [Applause] Played [Applause] Ail well it’s not very often ladies and gentlemen Roy Harper February was also news for Grand Funk finally winning their long litigation in band rights case against manager Terry Knight yes play their first ever shows at Madison Square Garden for their taale from topographic oceans tour it was no more I got you

Babe for share who filed for divorce from husband Sony Bono bran Eno kiss and Donna Summer released their respective debut albums the purp came back from the ashes with burn Tangerine dreams fifth album fedra hit the stores along Steely dance pretzel logic and big stars critically acclaimed Radio City It started off if you remember the whole booty car starts off With going make it going make it my Ding My set two three Fall a there’s got to be a it would be easy the now just a Minute freedom and then he doesn’t matter what Rob we still can do it what are you tell from now well you can’t St cuz your might be different I mean your voice just might go half be if you do that Reas we following the footsteps of When the Levy Breaks the Zeppelin transformed

Another old school Blues number into a discography highlight and their longest Studio track at 11 minutes written by gospel blue singer BL Willie Johnson in 1928 had employed various elements from local performers who sang the phrase Jesus going to make of your dying bed musicians Charlie Patton and Josh White

Recorded their own versions throughout the 30s and 40s the zeppin was not the first modern artist to cover this song b Bob Dylan on his often overlooked debut album from 1962 this is a great record and Dylan’s take on every My Time of Dying is Splendid Robert PL was

Certainly inspired by this fcal Performance I home now what about thein’s guitar parts well let me first shoot down the recurring plagiarism critics Jimmy’s work here is original yes it was inspired by gospel blues and hundreds of licks from the genre but the Rifts he came up with can be traced within zel’s

Own Catal log we have the still unreleased at the time opening tuning motif of Jennings Farm blues and the artisanal Slight Work of hats off to Roy Harper from the zeppin [Applause] 3 after houses of the Holy having no real Blues number In My Time of Dying was just bound to happen like cashmere In My Time of Dying was recorded with an open guitar tuning in this case open a which makes it easier for bar chords to

Be played with a slide the song features guitar ideas found on another graffiti number in the ways of sick again the open core Rhythm work from 1972’s Black Country woman and a start stop section from the 1973 versions of they and Confused With a complex musical structure and dynamically challenging sections it’s the band’s finest moment on Physical Graffiti as a collective effort outside of some brief slide overdubs it’s really a live in the studio piece with Robert’s commanding Blues voice Jones’s Exquisite and insanely creative baselines Jimmy’s architectural guitar and John bonam The

Mastermind behind it all with a drumming showcase for the ages Legend has that they didn’t know how to end this tune thus what we hear on the record is an epic jam session finale that culminates in a Victorious feeling bottom can be heard coughing at the end of the track

While saying that’s going to be the the one has in it leaving this studio chatter bit at the end contributes to Graffiti’s somewhat raw and unpolished sound into the personal Universe of leppelin in the studio In My Time of Dying was performed in open G tuning on

The band’s 1975 and 1977 tours with Jimmy Paige using a d Electro guitar the POS Alin years saw Paige revisit the song on his solo tour of 1988 the cover Del page shows in Japan 1983 and the black crow project it was performed by all paage plan Jones and Jason Bonham on

The dein’s 2007 Reunion Do lift nicely as it comes out of it The Jin second Venture into Funk after 1973’s the crunch but this time with viros JN PA Jones leading the way on his Hunter D6 clavenet while Jones has been quoted saying Stevie wander Superstition was one of the main Inspirations for this song I spotted several tracks from the 1972 through 1973 period that

Contributed to the final result as well Robert’s vocal phrasing seems to be very much influenced by The duie Brothers Long Train Running anyway check them Out the town singing your Blues I know you ain’t going any Down around the corner a half a mile from here see see them run and you watch Some now trample Under Foot was also inspired by zeppin own material on stage the 1973 Funk section of Da and Confused had them well connected on a solid Groove H L’s Space Jam with Jimmy working out the therin was the basis for one of the most underrated aspects of trample on their foot that being Pig’s use of tape Echo to create an army of guitar embellishments throughout the song the composition moves around a main

Riff plus an ascending chord sequence of B flat 7 C7 plus E flat and F added on the third repetition Robert’s lyrics are filled with inuendos regarding Automobiles and pleasurable moments within a vehicle it’s a different take on Robert Johnson’s 1936 terlan blues that talks about a man who suspects his

Girlfriend is cheating thus the metaphor of his car or lady not running tramper food was played at almost every show from 1975 until 1980 Robert plan and jum Jones performed it on their respective solo tours it was Revisited on Li Zeppelin’s 2000 Reunion The wanton song it’s not about wanton soup but the word wanton which refers to a sexually unrestrained person judging by the lyrics it has Robert describing a situation that maybe happened at the Continental Hyatt in 19 73 looking at the verses it’s clear this is an observation of human behavior of

Temporary lovers and romantic Freedom all while questioning the existence of love if there’s such a thing now onto the music we find a Jimmy Page signature riff playing with octaves and John Bam’s guitar ears carefully following the notes a similar idea can be found on 1970s Immigrant Song plus once again

Live 1973 versions of Dayan confused where Jimmy would play an octave riff Sequence now the wanton song features a very interesting Bridge with jle Jones on keyboards playing an Exquisite set of chords F minor 7 B diminished C minor 7th and G diminished to then jump into a fun vibration of D Minor 7 a minor and G

Minor now we can hear Paige playing at a 1973 sound check Now this chord sequence is similar to hot chocolate’s Brother Louie from 1973 a covered version by American band the stories was a hit around June 1973 when nelin were touring the states check out the chord sequence and tell me Jimmy was uninspired by this This Jimmy’s guitar solo has a Glam Rock inspired feel to it while the closing moments have a chromatic descending riff of d c sh and C plus B flat Robert’s vocal performance is a bad horse and captures him in the middle of still recovering from local cord nodule

Surgery back in November 1973 paig and plan Revisited this track along with Immigrant Song as opening Motif on their 1995 and 1996 concert Tours Drop down mama was a fitting working title for Custer Pie as Robert’s lyrics were inspired by this old school Blues number written by American songwriter sleepy John Estus the song evolved from a much faster take at Headley range back in October 1973 until the decision to

Slow down the temple into a blues Funk track was made some musical influences for card pie can be found on the following [Applause] Tracks custard pie features many familiar elements from other compositions in graffiti jumble Jones played his Hunter D6 clavinet on this song which was never performed by leppelin but eight times by Pig and plant and 15 times by Robert plann the solo Artist [Applause] A the great outtake from Physical Graffiti that we Zin fans wish it was officially released swans song is a jimy page acoustic Adventure originally conceived as a four-piece Suite with graffiti sound design all over the track using the same guitar tuning as cashmere it features an opening segment with

Metatron strings followed by an acoustic rock portion with jum Bam’s big room sounding drums accentuating the main guitar riff in 54 a question remains as to why Robert Plant did not record any vocal sketches for this one it’s safe to think that all the other graffiti numbers were so demanding that there was

Just not enough time also there’s the unplugged number musical style that doesn’t really fit the 1974 sessions in terms of concept thus I can see Robert having a hard time coming up with ideas for this it would have been funny having swans song on the Zeppelin’s first

Swansong label release in the same vein of Bad Company’s self-title song on their self-title album right small portions of swan song’s intro were played by Jimmy pige on his white summer Black Mountain Side solo piece from 1977 all through 1980 Jimmy carried swan song into the80s for the arms concerts of 1983 next to Paul Rogers fantastic vocal approach on the track with a working title of bird on the wing now this collaboration resulted in the firm’s midnight Moonlight release on their debut album 2 years later you can check my poled upen

1980 series on the making of This Record swans song also inspired the opening lines from pan pl’s composition wonderful One single L Sunshine brings laughter I need the light keep me ground hey baby hey love you dream blue SK brings Laugh The most fascinating track on graffiti and one of rubber plant’s personal favorites in the light started off as a demo with working titles in the morning take me home and everybody makes it through this jle Jones composition had a different introduction with a the sending keyboard part before being

Discarded for a much ethereal approach with 1973 being a great year for keyboard oriented songs in the charts I came up with a list of songs that I believe the influenc jle Jones took come up with this track as well as Jimmy’s production choice is Here F Beyond in the light signature opening features Jimmy Paige playing a violent bow on what sounds like an acoustic guitar with alternate tuning and steel strings there are theories of page using a hery Gertie like the one we hear on Autumn Lake you know the musical bit

Recorded back in October 1973 for zaplin movie Project jle Jones used an EMS vcs3 synthesizer whose pitch pen joystick creates the distinctive phrasing and quite possibly his finest keyword work in L Zeppelin the intro seems to to be inspired by the sounds of chenet a musical instrument from the Indian

Regions Robert’s focals on the intro our double track with his low and high registers mixed together and the light is an existential Quest for Peace and Sanity in the midst of a troubling world that feeds from suffering and the burden of expectations past a descending Rift

That I can help to think of Deep Purple space Tring we move into a guitar part that feels like the continuation of leelin the ocean thus creating a sense of mystery and uncertainty backed up by Jimmy’s single note textures behind bottom strumming follows the same line as 10 years gone with graceful fills and hits that make up for the

Right balance of tension and release in the light was never performed on stage by Le Zeppelin but Robert plan sure wanted to try this one out technical limitations made it impossible for Jones to provide proper harmonic support for this ambitious song while Jimmy could have played the opening drone with his

Violin bow recreating the synthesizer intro was tricky to say the least maybe they could have gone with a pre-recorded tape like Queen did for Bohemian rap city or the who for some of their own stuff but Zeppelin being Zeppelin I don’t picture bonum wearing headphones on the stage Robert PL sang the intro

For in the light on his 1988 tour and selected post 2000 dates Jimmy paage performed the song with the black crow on 11 dates from the year 2000 the 16 annual Grammy awards were held on March 2nd 1974 at the Hollywood padium in Los Angeles the Zeppelin was

Nominated for houses of the Holy on the best package category next to Chicago 6 faes ulaa chichin chongs Los cinos Alice Cooper’s billion doll babies live the world of I Cantina and Chubby Checker’s greatest hits the Grammy Award went to London symphony orchestras version of Tommy I’m not not sure this album cover

Was better than houses of the Holy I’m not sure this album cover was better than houses of the Holy past the recording sessions for Physical Graffiti there was little activity in the Zeppelin camp for March and April but not for Peter Grant’s second child Bad Company who embarked on a promotional

Tour in anticipation for their May 1974 single for K get enough and their album release that same month the band played a couple of shows in Switzerland to then embark on an 11-day concert run in England land touring the states would be delayed until July which brings me to a

Question I’ve read on many zelin forums all these years why didn’t Le Zeppelin tour North America in 1974 besides Robert’s voice needing time to fully heal from surgery jum jums not wanting to go back to the hectic schedules of the past and Britain’s emerging tax policies forcing Manny into

Exile there was more to it as they say follow the money while progressive rock bands like P yes and Genesis did tour North America that year others like Pink Floyd wings and the Rolling Stones stayed home the United States was the main market for these bands and the

American economy was not in good shape 1973 saw the stock market crash in early January as a result of the devaluation of the US dollar thanks to the Nixon shock that began in August 1971 things were made worse with the oil crisis situation in October which led to a

Recession worldwide economy suffered by the ripple effect the New York Stock Exchange lost 45% of its value while the UK suffered with percentages as high as 73% unemployment rates in the United States jumped from 4.9% in 1973 to 7.2% in 1974 now let me throw in more data

Inflation in the United States for 1972 was 3.3% and 6.2 in 1973 by 1974 inflation was at 11.1% not the best conditions for rock and roll touring at the scale and dimensions leelin moved ticket prices at Madison Square Garden Show 650 in 1973 and 750 in 1975 meaning the concert

Industry 2K hit at first trying to come to terms with the post Nexon economics by 1977 we see the price at150 thus touring schedules grew and venues got bigger many conclusions can be drawn out from this as it explains why rock and roll bands had such productive periods

In the early part of the 70s while money was not the main motivator it was Show Business after all now it doesn’t mean touring was impossible but it became a more calculated effort never mind releasing albums that would sell which impacted the already stranged or chemically troubled creative process for

Many famous groups we can thank Richard Nixon for taking the fun out of rock and roll while mainstream media focuses on the Watergate scandal leaving the Breton wood system forever changed the game for everyone on this planet in short the Zeppelin’s late 1973 and 1974 period away from North American audiences was

The best thing for their pockets but of course it was a dangerous call for their live show chops that inevitably lost its momentum with their longest downtime by then of 1 year and 5 months the average time between tours up to 197 three was 3 months their individual musicianship

Never left the problem was how each individual member decided to enjoy their leure time in the world of millionaire rock stars of the 70s stay tuned for episode 3 for a deep dive into the making of swans Swan records the mixing of Physical Graffiti and many interesting moments from

1974 just before they took the airplane to North America to play cashmere and very long shows thank you very much for watching bye-bye Oh